Symptom
Cyanosis
Bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and/or mucous membranes resulting from deficient oxygenation of the blood, typically reflecting increased deoxyhemoglobin in the capillary or venous circulation and indicating underlying pulmonary or circulatory compromise.
Causes
Asthma
Pneumonia
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Pulmonary embolism
Airway obstruction
Heart failure
Cardiac arrest
Also known as: Blue skin, Blueness
Referencing diagnoses
- Abdominal compartment syndrome
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Amniotic fluid embolism
- Anemia
- Aortic regurgitation
- Aortic stenosis
- Asthma
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- COPD
- Esophageal perforation
- Fat embolism syndrome
- Heart failure
- Hemothorax
- Hypovolemia
- Lung cancer
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary embolism
- Respiratory acidosis
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Shock
Note: Lists existing diagnoses in Diagnotize only.